Office of Personnel Management
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Open records watchdogs in Congress say excessive fees, delayed deadlines and overuse of redactions are harming the Freedom of Information Act process.
January 11, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management's tools and pilot programs to improve federal hiring and workforce engagement have improved in some areas but stalled in others.
January 11, 2016 -
The most read reporter's notebooks in 2015 had a variety of topics, but cybersecurity and personnel changes seemed to be most popular.
January 11, 2016 -
Beginning on Dec. 8, the Defense Security Service all but ceased its processing of personnel security investigation requests for government contractors, and by the time things were up and running again on Jan. 5, a new backlog of approximately 10,000 cases had built up.
January 11, 2016 -
The head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee said about half of the nation's data would be at risk if the Education Department was hacked.
January 07, 2016 -
Angela Bailey, who has spent the last eight years at OPM, is taking on a new role as the Homeland Security Department’s chief human capital officer.
January 06, 2016 -
Even though fewer employees retired in December. OPM has its work cut out for it in 2016 as it faces a backlog of about 11,400 claims.
January 05, 2016 -
Randy Silvey, president of Silverlight Financial, makes the case for more training that happens earlier in a federal employee’s career and then more intensified training as the employee gets closer to retirement age.
January 04, 2016 -
The popularity of the self-plus-one option during the 2015 Open Season helped make it the busiest enrollment period on record. This year was so busy that the Office of Personnel Management has scheduled a limited enrollment period in February to make certain changes to plans regarding self-plus-one.
December 23, 2015 -
Specific guidelines for maintaining and keeping track of the federal cybersecurity workforce are included in the 2016 omnibus, which Congress passed last week. Agency leaders will assign each position an employment code under the creation of a new National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education.
December 21, 2015 -
Leaders within the federal manager community offered a mixed bag of reactions to President Obama's new executive order on Service Executive Service reform. Higher performance bonuses largely went over well, but others had more questions over the timeline and implementation of the initiatives.
December 17, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management's 2015-16 winter season dismissal and closure procedures are essentially the same as the ones issued last winter.
December 16, 2015 -
The White House introduced new steps to attract, develop and retain current and future members of the Senior Executive Service. President Obama signed an executive order Dec. 15, which gives agencies four major tasks for implementing SES reform.
December 16, 2015 -
A new agency could take ownership of the federal security clearance process, a former federal counterintelligence official said. The organization, called the National Investigative Service Agency, would also have a new director.
December 11, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management has sent notification letters to 93 percent of the 21.5 million victims impacted by the cyber breach.
December 11, 2015